Fresh G.b.c. (Green Bean Casserole)

Name: Fresh G.b.c. (Green Bean Casserole)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6 , 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb green beans, washed and ends snipped off; 2 leeks, cleaned and cut into thin rings; canola oil for frying leek; 2 tablespoons butter; 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced; 1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves, chopped; 2 garlic cloves; 2 tablespoons flour; 1 cup chicken stock; 1 cup half-and-half; salt; pepper; 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded; 1/4 cup panko breadcrumbs

Submitted by ddav0962

"This was in today's Richmond Times Dispatch in the food section. I really want to make this one so I'm posting it so that I can put the paper into the recycle bin."

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Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 6

ingredients

1 lb green beans, washed and ends snipped off
2 leeks, cleaned and cut into thin rings
canola oil for frying leek
2 tablespoons butter
8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
¹⁄₂ teaspoon thyme leaves, chopped
2 garlic cloves
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup chicken stock
1 cup half-and-half
salt
pepper
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
¹⁄₄ cup panko breadcrumbs

directions

Heat oven to 400.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil with several pinches of salt. Add green beans and cook for about 5 minutes, until they turn bright green. Once cooked, drain and rinse the beans until they are cooled. Set aside.
In a medium skillet, add canola oil to a depth of about one inch and heat. Add the leeks and cook until they are crisp. Remove from oil and put onto a paper towel lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt.
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat and add mushrooms and thyme. Cook until mushrooms are soft and begin to take on color. Add garlic and cook for a minute or less, being careful not to let garlic burn.
Add flour and cook for about a minute, stirring the whole time. Add stock and half-and-half and stir. Cook for 5 minutes, or until the mixture thickens and no longer tastes of flour, stirring frequently. Season with salt and pepper.
Mix green beans into the mushroom sauce and transfer to a casserole dish. Top with cheese, breadcrumbs and fried leeks.
Bake for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted, breadcrumbs brown and sauce is bubbling.
NOTE: I guessed at prep and cook time as I haven't actually made this yet and the recipe doesn't say.

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Great recipe, I followed it to the "T", with exception of the cheese and panko topping which I left out of the recipe as I had another dish with cheese in it. My family loved it.

pcohiogirl
I needed to make veggies for a shelter group and this seemed like a nice variation on the classic bean casserole. I, too, followed the recipe to a T (quadrupling it) but found there was WAAAAY too much liquid. Two cups of liquid for 1 lb of beans seems a little high and only 2 T flour to thicken the liquid seems too little. Frying the leeks is a messy and time consuming process, but the flavor of the dish is very good. I now have a nice soup base with the leftover liquid.

greenmtnfoodie